[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MPfeiffer_9501.jpg]]Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) was the It Girl of film in the 1980s and 1990s, having become famous through her earlier roles like the sequel ''Film/{{Grease 2}}'' and ''Film/{{Scarface|1983}}''. She was inactive in the film industry for a few years, having taken time off to spend time with her children and husband, Creator/DavidEKelley. Recently, however, she has been in a rather quick career revival, having picked up four films during 2011-2012, including the all-star movie ''Film/DarkShadows''. She continues to work in television and film.

[[folder:Films she has starred in:]]%% Leave the redlinks. They exist so someone can make a page. Thanks.* 1980 ''Film/TheHollywoodKnights'' * 1980 ''Film/FallingInLoveAgain'' * 1981 ''Film/CharlieChanAndTheCurseOfTheDragonQueen'' * 1982 ''Film/{{Grease 2}}'' * 1983 ''Film/{{Scarface|1983}}''* 1985 ''Film/IntoTheNight'' * 1985 ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'' * 1986 ''Film/SweetLiberty''* 1987 ''Film/TheWitchesOfEastwick'' * 1987 ''Film/AmazonWomenOnTheMoon'' * 1988 ''Film/MarriedToTheMob'' * 1988 ''Film/TequilaSunrise'' * 1988 ''Film/DangerousLiaisons''* 1989 ''Film/TheFabulousBakerBoys'' * 1990 ''Film/TheRussiaHouse'' * 1991 ''Film/FrankieAndJohnny'' * 1992 ''Film/BatmanReturns'' * 1994 ''Film/{{Wolf}}'' * 1995 ''Film/DangerousMinds'' * 1996 ''Film/UpCloseAndPersonal'' * 1996 ''[[Film/ToGillianOnHer37thBirthday To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday]]'' * 1996 ''Film/OneFineDay'' * 1997 ''Film/AThousandAcres'' * 1998 ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' * 1999 ''Film/TheDeepEndOfTheOcean'' * 1999 ''[[AMidsummerNightsDream A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' * 1999 ''Film/TheStoryOfUs'' * 2000 ''Film/WhatLiesBeneath'' * 2001 ''Film/IAmSam'' * 2002 ''Film/WhiteOleander'' * 2003 ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'' * 2007 ''Film/{{Stardust}}'' * 2007 ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' * 2007 ''Film/ICouldNeverBeYourWoman'' * 2009 ''Film/PersonalEffects'' * 2009 ''Literature/{{Cheri}}'' * 2011 ''Film/NewYearsEve'' * 2012 ''Film/DarkShadows'' * 2012 ''Film/PeopleLikeUs'' * 2013 ''Film/{{Malavita}}''* 2015 ''Series/TheMuppets''* 2016 ''Wizard of Lies''[[/folder]]!!Provides examples of:* ActionGirl: In ''BatmanReturns'' and ''DangerousMinds''.* TheCameo: Has an uncredited one on a ''Series/PicketFences'' episode (her husband was the producer). * CelebrityResemblance: Early in her career, she describes getting mistaken for Debbie Harry from {{Music/Blondie}}. Harry later said she'd love for Michelle to play her in a movie. This was more implicitly acknowledged in ''Film/Hairspray'', which has Pfeiffer filling in for Harry as Velma. * DefrostingIceQueen: In some of her films. ''Film/IAmSam'' for one, where she starts off as a pretentious bitch and becomes, well, much kinder in the end. Her role in ''Film/DarkShadows'' could be considered this too, as her attitude toward the protagonist becomes much warmer as the movie goes on. It was also attempted in ''Scarface''. * FemmeFatale: In ''Film/BatmanReturns'', and possibly considered this in ''Film/{{Wolf}}'' too.* FlatWhat: When Creator/MatthewVaughn was casting for ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', he said his first and only choice for the role of Lamia was Michelle. When he met with her to convince her to do the role, he admitted that the film that inspired him to want to cast her was....''Film/{{Grease 2}}''.--> '''Michelle:''' "I thought he was pulling my leg. He was interviewing me for Esquire (magazine) and he goes, 'Guess what my favorite movie of yours is?' And I jokingly said, 'Grease 2?!' And he was like, 'Yeah!' And I'm like, 'Seriously?!' "And it was my work in that movie that made him want to work with me!" * GoshDangItToHeck: Parodied when she was on Series/TheGrahamNortonShow. She was about to censor herself and Graham asked what word she intended to use. She claimed it was 'hell'.* HiddenDepths: If anyone watches her musical roles, they'll find that her singing voice is lovely.* IceQueen: ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'', ''Film/{{Scarface|1983}}'', ''Film/WhiteOleander''.* InkSuitActor: Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', where she voiced Moses's wife Tzipporah - a former slave who is animated to look [[AmbiguouslyBrown almost African]].* KickTheWrongDog: Once (in RealLife) kicked her car in frustration after she couldn't unlock the door. She was very embarrassed when the ''real'' owner came along and she realized it was a lookalike car.* SelfDeprecation: Says she once showed her kids ''Grease 2'' and they only lasted twenty minutes before turning it off. * ShoutOut: Gets name-dropped in two separate hit songs from 2014-2015: "Riptide" by Vance Joy and "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson.* WhipItGood: She is quite skilled with a whip. She did her own whip scenes as Catwoman in ''Film/BatmanReturns''.* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Enough that ''People Magazine'' voted her most beautiful woman ''six'' times. She won once.* WrenchWench: When she's not working, she loves fixing things around the house. She even has a tool belt. ----